The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Quotations
Happiness
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
Holiness leads to wholeness and wholeness leads to happiness.
-Leslie Vernick
"Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy"
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 21"
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
-John Dewey
Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!
-Scriptures "Amanda Bradley"
He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life.
-George M. Adams
I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
-Megan McCafferty
"Second Helpings"
Happiness is not the absence of problems. It’s the ability to deal with them.
-Steve Maraboli
"Life, the Truth, and Being Free"
